opening router for 360 and ps3

bigjimmyauk · 20 Sep 2010 at 00:51

hey i have a virgin media Dlink DIR-615 router for my 50MB connection but my ps3 and 360 are saying it's a moderate NaT type does anyone know how to change this because it seems to be giving me grief when trying to get into games.

Drake5 · 20 Sep 2010 at 00:54

Hi mate,

Try http://portforward.com/

bigjimmyauk · 20 Sep 2010 at 01:00

TDenic said:
Hi mate,

Try http://portforward.com/

Did you just google that spam tastic site utter useless unless you pay $30

wannabedamned · 20 Sep 2010 at 01:02

portforward is legit, and extremely useful. You need to take a look at the router list, not download the easy 1 click software they offer, just skip the adverts

Substance · 20 Sep 2010 at 01:09

bigjimmyauk said:
Did you just google that spam tastic site utter useless unless you pay $30

1. go to portforward.com
2. find router model
3. ????
4. profit

I thought it was idiot proof

bigjimmyauk · 20 Sep 2010 at 01:24

SuBsTaNcE said:
1. go to portforward.com
2. find router model
3. ????
4. profit

I thought it was idiot proof

i kinda in my haste missed the skip advert button lol

Drake5 · 20 Sep 2010 at 01:27

That's the thanks you get for trying to help someone out around here?

Cool.

bigjimmyauk · 20 Sep 2010 at 01:29

TDenic said:
That's the thanks you get for trying to help someone out around here?

Cool.

yeah yeah i missed the skip advert button

i'm sorry

Neodite · 20 Sep 2010 at 08:19

But port forwarding is going to be no good for a 360 and ps3? As you can only open the same port for 1 IP

Or will he have to port forward one IP and DMZ the other?

Sp00n · 20 Sep 2010 at 08:50

Single IP address, you can only port forward to one device, putting the other in the "DMZ" won't work, you only have one ip.

X-BEN · 20 Sep 2010 at 09:43

I did this the other day with the same router

1. Set up so that your xbox has a static IP.

2. Log into the router and go to the advanced tab then port forwarding on the left.

3. Open ports 50, 88, 80, 3074 (TCP and UDP on all of them)

4. Save and be happy

hope that helps

Sp00n · 20 Sep 2010 at 10:13

Well yes, you can have one or the other.

Or you just use PnP but that isn't particularly reliable from my experience.

bigjonnyauk · 20 Sep 2010 at 15:14

having the same prob myself and posted in the networking section

i got 2 xbox 360s and a sky router one says open the other says moderate

from what i can gather the only way to get it working is to daisy on one of the routers that will do 2 ports

wannabedamned · 20 Sep 2010 at 16:26

^ huh, I have to ask. are you and the Op friends?

Neodite · 20 Sep 2010 at 16:55

bigjonnyauk said:
having the same prob myself and posted in the networking section

i got 2 xbox 360s and a sky router one says open the other says moderate

from what i can gather the only way to get it working is to daisy on one of the routers that will do 2 ports

http://www.avforums.com/forums/xbox-live/1173439-modem-router-list-open-nat-multiple-360s.html

thedoc46 · 20 Sep 2010 at 16:59

Give static IP's to your consoles and then find out what the UDP and TCP ports are for PSN & XBOX Live and assign them within a menu of your router against the static IP's(sorry each router is different so just follow your nose through the menus, sometimes its called Gaming, other times just port forwarding) Also enable uPnP, which is supposed to take care of the above without all the opening of the ports.... Should work most of the time, but for some unknown reason it's not always the case.

I don't know the ports req'd of the top of my head, but i'm sure google does..

bigjonnyauk · 20 Sep 2010 at 17:36

wannabedamned said:
^ huh, I have to ask. are you and the Op friends?

lol yeah hes my brother but we live many miles apart now strange how we have the same problem lol

Memphis · 20 Sep 2010 at 17:48

Sp00n said:
Well yes, you can have one or the other.

Or you just use PnP but that isn't particularly reliable from my experience.

UPnP works perfectly provided you have a half decent router.

rp2000 · 20 Sep 2010 at 17:53

X-BEN said:
I did this the other day with the same router

1. Set up so that your xbox has a static IP.

2. Log into the router and go to the advanced tab then port forwarding on the left.

3. Open ports 50, 88, 80, 3074 (TCP and UDP on all of them)

4. Save and be happy

hope that helps

You never need to open port 80 for either console, no matter what pages say.

360 ports
http://support.xbox.com/support/en/us/nxe/kb.aspx?category=xboxlive&ID=908874&lcid=1033

PS3 are not listed anywhere officially iirc
UDP port 3478-3479
UDP port 3658-3659

Are in one of my old configs, might be TCP and UDP.

rp2000

GazD · 20 Sep 2010 at 17:58

My old Thomson Speedtouch would never let me get a game on FIFA. I had all ports stated in the manual open. On my Netgear with my PS3 in the DMZ games are no longer a problem